Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ)
Support for start-up companies 
The Greater Reading KIZ is managed by the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GRCCI) and receives direction from the KIZ Partnership Advisory Committee (KIZPAC). The program provides a package of business services that utilize and leverage university and college assets to support start-up and early-stage businesses within the KIZ focus target industries and the designated KIZ geography.
To be eligible for KIZ assistance, a company must meet the following criteria:
- A for-profit company
- Incorporated within 8 years of the date of approved funding for this application
- Located within the geographic boundaries of the Greater Reading KIZ
- Provide products or services that fall into the Advanced Materials and Diversified Manufacturing, Business Services, High Technology, or Life Sciences industries.
- Unique technology
Economic Impact of the Greater Reading KIZ
Activity from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010
- 7 active KIZ companies
- 46 jobs
- $9,875,870 in combined revenue
- $2,789,178 in payroll
- $5,414,918 in new revenue
- 2 jobs created, 35 jobs retained
- 2 patents filed
- 1 new product introduced
- $10,000 in research and development expenditures
- $4,200,000 million in leveraged third party loans